Languages, Literature, and Philosophy

First published in 1970, soulscript is a poignant, panoramic collection of poetry from some of the most eloquent voices in the art. Selected for their literary excellence and by the dictates of Jordan's heart, these works tell the story of both collective and personal experiences
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Published in 1977, this is a collection of poems, from the mid 1950s to the mid 1970s, written by June Jordan
"These poems
they are things that I do
in the dark
reaching for you
whoever you are
and
are you ready?
~ June Jordan

Her work is made of headlines-from Beirut, Atlanta, New Bedford, Soweto, & other sites of struggle & 'Neanderthal nostalgia.' It is informed writing, frequently at the scene, about people & events most of us see only on the evening news. She knows things, things we need to know, & she communicates them with the power & brilliance of a diamond drill.--from the publisher
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Who Look at Me A poem exploring the condition, feelings, and ideas of blacks in a white society illustrated by reproductions of paintings depicting the life of blacks in America throughout history.
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Encouraged by Father, three children move into and decorate their own room while Mother is in the hospital having a new baby sister.
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With their lives spinning out of control, sixteen-year-old Buddy Rivers and his girl friend Angela create their own way of staying alive in Brooklyn in the mid-1960s.
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Written with exceptional beauty throughout, Soldier stands and delivers an eloquent, heart-breaking, hilarious and hopeful, witness to the beginnings of a truly extraordinary, American life.
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From journal entries on the line between poetry and politics and a discussion of language and power in "White" versus "Black" English to First Amendment issues, children's rights, Black studies, American violence, and sexuality, Jordan documents the very personal ways in which she meshes with the social issues of modern-day life in this country.--from the publisher
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This work is the second collection of June Jordan's political essays. They cover international topics such as apartheid in South Africa, civil wars in Nicaragua and Lebanon, and domestic issues such as Black poetry and law.

"In this extraordinary collection of her writings, [June Jordan] gives us a manifesto of hope, anger and visionary power."--Back cover.
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Major and indispensable...We see at work the committed, passionate, revolutionary creative mind that will, when embodied in the collective consciousness of us all, help deliver us from the deceptions, if not the violence, of American life.
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The essays in this collection, which include her last writings and span the length of her extraordinary career, reveal Jordan as an incisive analyst of the personal and public costs of remaining committed to the ideal and practice of democracy
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